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  • Primate Societies

    With 46 Contributors

    Modifié par Barbara B. Smuts, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Richard W. Wrangham ...
    Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most currentinformation on primate socioecology and its theoretical andempirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioralbiology, ecology, anthropology, and psychology. It is a very richsource of ideas about other taxa."A superb synthesis of knowledge about the social lives ofnon-human primates."—Alan Dixson, Nature ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Sex and Friendship in Baboons

    par Barbara B. Smuts ...
    Collections series Evolutionary Foundations of Human Behavior Series
    Those who have been privileged to watch baboons long enough to know them as individuals and who have learned to interpret some of their more subtle interactions will attest that the rapid flow of baboon behavior can at times be overwhelming. In fact, some of the most sophisticated and influential observation methods for sampling vertebrate social behavior grew out of baboon studies, invented by ... En savoir plus

    $96.18 CAD

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  • Animal Madness

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  • The Gap

    The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals

    par Thomas Suddendorf ...
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  • Games Primates Play

    An Undercover Investigation of the Evolution and Economics of Human Relationships

    par Dario Maestripieri ...
    Most humans don't realize that when they exchange emails with someone, anyone, they are actually exhibiting certain unspoken rules about dominance and hierarchy. The same rules regulate the exchange of grooming behavior in rhesus macaques or chimpanzees. Interestingly, some of the major aspects of human nature have profound commonalities with our ape ancestors: the violence of war, the intensity ... En savoir plus

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  • Big Book of Animals

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  • How We Do It

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  • The Real Planet of the Apes

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  • The Politics of Species

    Reshaping our Relationships with Other Animals

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